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2. T wo Cups
Sui Dynasty (A.D. 581–618)
Xing or Gongxian kilns
each of well-potted deep bell shape resting on a small foot with splayed sides, covered inside and
out with a finely crackled transparent glossy glaze of pale greenish tint, the rounded base and solid
foot left unglazed revealing the cream-white body.

Diameter 3 ⁄8 and 3 ⁄16 inches (8.6 and 8.7 cm)
3
7
Height 3 ⁄16 and 3 ⁄8 inches (7.8 and 7.9 cm)
1
1
A very similar cup discovered in the Chang’an district of Xi’an city, Shaanxi province, in the tomb of Zhang Lin and his wife,
dated by epitaph to the 3rd year of Daye (corresponding to A.D. 607) is illustrated by Zhang (ed.), Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji
(Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China), Vol. 15: Shaanxi, Beijing, 2008, p. 14, no. 14.
Compare also the similar Sui dynasty glazed white porcelaneous cups of closely related form, one in the Musée Guimet,
illustrated by Paul-David, et. al., The World’s Great Collections: Oriental Ceramics, Vol. 7: Musée Guimet, Paris, Tokyo, 1975,
col. pl. 3; another in the Kempe Collection, illustrated by Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection,
Stockholm, 1964, p. 99, no. 285; another in the Hoyt Collection, illustrated by Tseng and Dart, The Charles B. Hoyt Collection
in the Museum of Fine Arts: Boston, Vol. I, Boston, 1972, no. 75; and two cups illustrated by Zhao and Zhang (eds.), Qiannian
Xingyao (Xing Kiln in its Millennium), Beijing, 2007, pp. 30 and 31.
隋 邢窰或鞏縣窰白瓷杯二只 徑8.6與8.7厘米 高7.8與7.9厘米

3. T wo Large Cups
Sui Dynasty (A.D. 581–618)
Xing or Gongxian kilns
each of well-potted deep bell shape resting on a small foot with slightly splayed sides, covered
inside and out with a glossy transparent glaze of pale greenish tint applied over chalk-white slip,
with three spur marks on the center of the interior, the glaze gathering in a line low on the exterior,
leaving the rounded base and solid foot unglazed.

Diameter 4 ⁄4 and 4 ⁄8 inches (12.2 and 12.5 cm)
3
7
Height 3 ⁄2 and 3 ⁄4 inches (9 and 9.3 cm)
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3
This type of cup is rarely seen in this large size. A pair of very similar glazed white porcelaneous cups of slightly smaller size
from the collection of Charles B. Hoyt is illustrated by Fontein and Wu, The World’s Great Collections: Oriental Ceramics, Vol.
10: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Tokyo, 1978, no. 52.
Compare also the single large glazed white porcelaneous cups of very similar form and slightly smaller size, one in
the Xingtai Shangdu Museum, Hebei province, illustrated by Zhao and Zhang (eds.), Qiannian Xingyao (Xing Kiln in its
Millennium), Beijing, 2007, p. 31; one from the Collection of King Gustaf Adolf VI of Sweden, illustrated by Gyllensvärd,
The World’s Great Collections: Oriental Ceramics, Vol. 8: Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, Tokyo, 1976, no. 42;
one from the collection of Carl Kempe, illustrated by Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm,
1964, p. 84, no. 228; and one in the Museum Pusat, Jakarta, illustrated by Ridho, The World’s Great Collections: Oriental
Ceramics, Vol. 3: Museum Pusat, Jakarta, Tokyo, 1977, col. pl. 68.
隋 邢窰或鞏縣窰白瓷大杯二只 徑12.2與12.5厘米 高 9 與 9.3厘米